Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA)

Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)

Australasian Evaluation Society (AES)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Over the last 10 years John has conducted research and evaluation projects which have focused on remote contexts, particularly in the Northern Territory of Australia. A recurring theme in all his work is the importance of learning, whether it be for adults, young people or children. He is also interested in education systems and their impact on learning. In recent work on remote education systems a focus has been on the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems and their accompanying epistemologies, ontologies, axiologies and cosmologies.
Understanding the interface between cultures in the ‘red dirt’ context of schooling in remote communities has also been a key concern. John prefers to use mixed methods approaches where the powerful combination of qualitative and quantitative data can be used for transformative purposes.
John supervises post-graduate students who are concerned about issues related to education and its intersection with health and wellbeing, employment and economic participation, technology, culture, leadership and other socio-cultural issues.